A Chinese barber and customer
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Chinese barber and customer is a 1850 by Unknown, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a barber leaning over a seated customer. The barber’s tools—razor, comb, scissors—sit on a small table beside a tapered stool. The lines are sharp and precise, giving the scene a clean, almost clinical look. The artist likely knew George Chinnery’s work. Chinnery drew many everyday scenes in China, so this could be his influence at play. See it in person at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A drawing from 1850 depicts a barber tending to a seated customer, executed in a style reminiscent of George Chinnery, with the barber leaning over his client on a tapered stool. The work is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. It was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album originally attributed to Chinnery, though the artist's identity remains uncertain.
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